Police Investigate 'Lee Nak-yeon Camp Comment Manipulation Allegation' Complaint Case

The police have launched an investigation into allegations that former leader Lee Nak-yeon’s campaign manipulated comments during the 2021 Democratic Party presidential primary.

According to the police on the 16th, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency assigned the case, in which Lee and others were accused of computer-related obstruction of business, to the Cyber Crime Investigation Unit.

Earlier, on the 7th of last month, Kim Min-seok, an independent member of the Seoul Gangseo District Council formerly of the People Power Party, filed a complaint with the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, claiming he received reports that Lee and others had posted unfavorable comments about Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung using about 90 different IDs from September 2020 to October 2021.

The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office initially assigned the case to the Public Investigation Division 2 (Chief Prosecutor Lee Sang-hyun) but recently transferred it to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency.

Meanwhile, Lee Nak-yeon’s camp is known to have completely denied the allegations.

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